in the filme the wizard of oz what was smelt from poppys which made the characters fall asleep?.....
2007-02-17 03:27:19 · 10 answers · asked by chance 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Give the 10 to number 1.
Certainly it was subtle, and even metaphorical, but in it's day OPIUM was a substance of choice, more widely used and prohibitively accepted than others we know today.
Steven Wolf
Very Likely the Scarecrow mused his song due to the suggestion, smiles,,, "If I only had a .....
2007-02-17 04:57:10 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't know but opium was used in medicines up to 100 years ago. The wizard of oz was written about that time.
Kids were given stuff like that all the time, and its why a lot of kids 100 years ago were so sickly growing up.
2007-02-17 03:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by John K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having performed this last spring, and I played a poppy, I know. The Wicked Witch of the West put her magic on the poppies. The poppies sang beautiful music to Dorothy & company. (The music that the poppies sand is hard) so pretty much it was the music.
2007-02-17 03:59:58 · answer #3 · answered by biblethumpinmaniac 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The wicked witch cast a spell on the poppys.
2007-02-17 03:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by qtpie23 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Poppies produce opium, which makes you sleepy. I don't think that smelling poppy flowers would really make you sleepy, though. And the ones that they show, with big beautiful flowers don't make a lot of opium, anyway.
2007-02-17 03:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i'm sure it was the natural scent of the poppy but the wicked witch used a poisoned fog to fall upon it to make dorithy and her friends sleep.
2007-02-17 03:30:53 · answer #6 · answered by ♪ Tony's girl ♪ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to the story the witch cast a spell on it
2007-02-17 03:48:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
opium....a chemical found in poppies that can be developed into a drug.
2007-02-17 03:30:01 · answer #8 · answered by mzoo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a hallucinogen........
2007-02-17 03:30:39 · answer #9 · answered by Yogini 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sleeping gas duh
2007-02-17 03:30:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋